Week #93

Hi Mom!

Oh my gosh I can't believe that Bennett's papers are in! That freaks me out. It doesn't feel real that I'll be coming home and he'll be leaving. I must say that I'm excited to come home. Not trunky though! There is definitely a difference. Trunky is when you lose motivation and that isn't going to happen. Like I was telling Dad, I've worked way too hard to give up now. This area reminds me of Ashland. That area was hard to get rolling but once we did, it took off! I'm thinking that is what will happen here in Sandusky! At least I'm hoping. We were able to pick up 2 new investigators this week which was a step in the right direction. One of those investigators was Jordan. His throat is doing a lot better. He hasn't gotten the stitches out yet but it's getting there. He has a cute little family. He's married with 2 little girls and another baby girl on the way! I would love to teach his whole family! His wife is insanely shy though. We'll get there. Jordan committed to read the Book of Mormon this week and we'll see him tomorrow to follow up on that. He will be a solid convert. He has a great understanding of living a Christ centered life. It was so nice, he said that the other day, when it was raining really hard, he drove around Sandusky looking for us so that he could give us a ride. Such a nice guy! Unfortunately he didn't find us so we got dumped on! I'll get to that story in a second haha.

Caroline is doing okay. She's still slowly getting better. We're going to try and focus on getting her to church this week to help her feel the spirit more abundantly in her life. That will no doubt help her through this trial. 

We'll be seeing Dustin and his family tonight. They are so awesome! I'm stoked to teach them more and help them accept the gospel. This week we helped Dustin in his crawl space under his house and it was so muddy under there! I was covered in mud! It felt so good to get dirty though! I never get to do that!

An awesome miracle that happened yesterday! So Elder Ellsworth and I were stopping by former investigators, trying to see if any of them were interested again. We went by one and the guy we were looking for had moved. A little kid answered the door so we just gave him a card for a free DVD about Jesus Christ. About 10 minutes later, we got a text telling us that a little kid on the street that we were just at ordered a DVD! It was awesome! I love it when people order stuff! Referrals are the best! 

Now for my story about getting caught in the rain... This last Sunday, we were out tracting on a street that was about a mile and a half from home. We had walked there so we could save some miles (and work on getting more holes in my shoes). We finished one side of the street we were on and were planning on going on to the other side. That was when we saw them... the clouds coming in from the West! They were quite possibly the darkest clouds that I have ever beheld. There was nothing we could do to avoid this storm. Those clouds were moving at the speed of light. We began the long walk of shame back to our apartment. About 60 seconds after we began our retreat back to the comfort of our home, the rain hit. I would say that within half a minute I was soaked to the bone. It felt as though I had jumped into a pool! We had no umbrella. All I had was a windbreaker that does a great job at attracting and retaining water... Not ideal for rain storms. I have never been that wet my entire mission. Despite the seemingly tragic circumstances, Elder Ellsworth and I were both laughing as we walked through the rain. As we walked down the street which had transformed almost instantly into a river, we saw Kevin, an investigator we picked up earlier that day. He stood in his garage nice and dry and waved us over. He looked at us with a slight grin. We talked with him for a little bit under his dry roof and then, once again, walked along the bank of the river (the side walk). By the time we got home, we were dripping wet. The only dry spot on my entire body was my back pocket, which had my wallet! MIRACLE! Everything else, literally everything, even the contents of my bag, were soaked haha! Good times. 

I don't know when I'll be skyping. I'll let you know when I find out.

Happy Birthday Mom and Cooper!!!!! Can't believe Coop is already 15! That is so old! Miss you guys a ton! Love you Mom! You're the greatest!

Love,

Jack

Jackson and Elder Ellsworth after getting caught in a massive downpour.